Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III Jelly Bean battery life test concludes, see how it did

The Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III Jelly Bean update is finally seeding and we already got our office units updated. Our review of the 4.1 Jelly Bean and TouchWiz combo is already available and you can learn all there is to know about the updated Samsung flagship right here.

Meanwhile we finally competed our battery test on the Jelly Bean-powered Galaxy S III and we are ready to share the results with you. As it turns out Samsung has managed to squeeze even more endurance out of that 2100 mAh battery pack after the update.

The 3G talk time ended up the same as with the ICS-running Galaxy S III and is one of the best performers we have seen. With the screen kept off as per our usual call-testing procedures, the Jelly Bean S III survived for 10 hours and 15 minutes of constant talk on a single charge.

Talk time

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX20:24

Samsung Galaxy Note12:14

Samsung Wave 3 S860011:07

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III ICS10:20

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III JB10:15

HTC One V10:00

HTC One S9:42

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R9:40

HTC Sensation XL9:30

Nokia Lumia 7109:05

HTC Vivid9:02

HTC Rhyme8:48

Apple iPhone 58:42

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V8:41

Meizu MX8:39

Samsung Galaxy S II8:35

Nokia Lumia 8008:25

Samsung Galaxy Nexus8:23

Samsung Captivate Glide8:20

HTC Rezound (LTE)8:10

Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)8:02

Apple iPhone 4S7:41

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:14

Samsung i937 Focus S7:25

Samsung Rugby Smart I8477:09

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro6:57

Nokia N96:57

HTC Radar6:53

BlackBerry Curve 93806:52

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)5:53

LG Nitro HD (LTE)5:16

HTC Titan II (LTE)5:10

BlackBerry Bold 97905:00

Pantech Burst4:46

The web browsing hasn’t been a battery-friendly task for the AMOLED phones and the Galaxy S III is no exception. Back in the days when it was running ICS, the Galaxy S III depleted a fully charged battery in 5 hours and 17 minutes, but once it got Jelly Bean, it managed to better that achievement by an hour and 10 minutes. 6 hours and 27 minutes is still some way off the best we have seen, but the progress a single software update brought is downright impressive.

Web browsing

Apple iPhone 59:56

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX7:23

HTC Radar7:17

Apple iPhone 4S6:56

HTC One V6:49

BlackBerry Curve 93806:40

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III JB6:27

Samsung i937 Focus S6:15

Samsung Rugby Smart I8475:53

Pantech Burst5:51

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G5:45

Samsung Wave 3 S86005:34

Samsung Captivate Glide5:33

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE5:24

HTC Sensation XL5:20

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III ICS5:17

HTC Rezound5:16

HTC Rhyme5:08

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R5:07

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro4:50

HTC Vivid4:46

Meizu MX4:35

Nokia N94:33

Samsung Galaxy S II4:24

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V4:20

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T4:10

Nokia Lumia 8004:07

HTC Titan II (LTE)4:05

HTC One S4:03

BlackBerry Bold 97904:02

LG Nitro HD4:00

Nokia Lumia 7103:51

Samsung Galaxy Note3:35

Samsung Galaxy Nexus3:01

The video playback is the only place where the Jelly Bean S III falls behind the ICS unit – the battery reached 10% charger 9 hours and 27 minutes after we started the test – that’s 34 minutes less than the ICS Galaxy S III managed. We guess the Project Butter is to blame – the Jelly Bean eats more GPU power than the ICS and that might have affected the results. Still it’s an impressive results compared to most of the smartphones out there and the AMOLED is the one to thank for.

Video playback

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX14:17

Apple iPhone 510:12

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III ICS10:01

Samsung Rugby Smart I8479:34

HTC One S9:28

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III JB9:27

Apple iPhone 4S9:24

Nokia N98:40

Samsung Galaxy Note8:25

Samsung Galaxy S II8:00

Samsung i937 Focus S7:55

Samsung Wave 3 S86007:52

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V7:45

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:33

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE7:30

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R6:21

HTC Sensation XL6:12

Samsung Captivate Glide6:04

Samsung Galaxy Nexus6:02

HTC Vivid6:00

HTC Radar5:54

Nokia Lumia 8005:52

HTC Titan II5:50

BlackBerry Bold 97905:47

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro5:44

Pantech Burst5:38

Meizu MX5:27

HTC Rhyme5:23

HTC One V5:20

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T5:18

BlackBerry Curve 93805:09

HTC Rezound5:03

LG Nitro HD4:17

Nokia Lumia 7103:27

The major difference comes with the improved standby time. While we are not usually comparing standby times, they are already part of our formula for the final score. So, even with the other results being close to the ICS ones, the standby overall improvement pushes the endurance rating even higher.

Samsung Galaxy S III running on Jelly Beangot an endurance rating of 50 hours (7 hours more than the ICS Galaxy S III), which means you’d need to charge it once every 50 hours if you do an hour of 3G talking, an hour of video playback and an hour of web browsing each day. That’s quite an achievement, but keep in mind that your mileage may vary if you have different usage patterns.